Cross of Fire

The Cross of Fire party was a proto-fascist political party in France, founded on 11 November 1927 by colonel Francois de La Roque. The party consisted of World War I veterans who were opposed to socialism and "hidden communism" in addition to counter-revolutionary politics, and the party was supported by French Army veterans and conservative Catholics. The party advocated military buildup against Germany, called for minimum wage and paid holidays, women's suffrage (hoping that devout Catholic women would vote conservatively), and unity between capital and labor, and it advocated views that were very similar to the views of Nazi Germany and other fascist organizations. In 1936, the party was replaced by the French Social Party.